[ She was the first published Zimbabwean woman poet.[1]]Biography
Rungano was born in 1963 in Harare, Zimbabwe.[4] Her father, who was Roman Catholic, ran a business in Zvimba District.[5] She was educated at Catholic boarding schools near her hometown, before moving to the United Kingdom to study management and computer science.[4] In 1979, having gained a diploma in computer science, she returned to Zimbabwe and worked at the Harare Scientific Computing Centre.[5]
Her first poetry collection, A Storm is Brewing, was published by Zimbabwe Publishing House in 1984; this made her the first female Zimbabwean poet to have her work published.[4] Her poetry particularly covers themes relating to the experiences of women and war.[4][10] Some of her poetry has subsequently been included in anthologies such as Daughters of Africa (1992),[2] The Heinemann Book of African Women's Poetry (1995), The Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry (1999) and Step into a World: A Global Anthology of New Black Literature (2000).[[4] Rungano's second collection, To Seek a Reprieve and Other Poems, was published in 2004.]
Rungano currently lives in England,[4] where she lectures in Business Information Management at Canterbury Christ Church University in Canterbury.[10]
Bibliography
- A Storm is Brewing: Poems, Zimbabwe Publishing House, 1984, {{ISBN|978-0949932839}}
- To Seek a Reprieve and Other Poems, 2004
References
1. ^Renate Papke, Poems at the Edge of Differences: Mothering in new English poetry by women, 2008, p. 185.
2. ^Kristina Rungano, "The Woman", in Busby, Margaret (ed.), Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent, London: Jonathan Cape, 1992; Vintage, 1993; pp. 963–964.
3. ^1 2 {{cite book|last=Fister|first=Barbara|title=Third World Women's Literatures: A Dictionary and Guide to Materials in English|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eRievpkUWQkC&pg=PA266|year=1995|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-28988-0|page=266}}
4. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Chipasula|first1=Stella|last2=Chipasula|first2=Frank Mkalawile|authorlink2=Frank Chipasula|title=The Heinemann Book of African Women's Poetry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kYsOAAAAYAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Heinemann|isbn=978-0-435-90680-1|page=226}}
5. ^1 2 {{cite book|last=Papke|first=Renate|title=Poems at the Edge of Differences: Mothering in New English Poetry by Women|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A2ayKA7Dq8EC&pg=PA185|year=2008|publisher=Universitätsverlag Göttingen|isbn=978-3-940344-42-7|pages=185–187}}
6. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite book|last1=Killam|first1=G. D.|last2=Kerfoot|first2=Alicia L.|title=Student Encyclopedia of African Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RPQpYJcI1I4C&pg=PA274|year=2008|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-33580-8|page=274}}